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You seem to be ignoring the very deliberate anti immigrant/foreigner shift in the political landscape, as well as deliberate intimidation tactics to silence opp
by mrbombastic 1y ago
You seem to be ignoring the very deliberate anti immigrant/foreigner shift in the political landscape, as well as deliberate intimidation tactics to silence opposition on certain topics. Sure in a vacuum it doesn’t make sense for a big organization to turn on a dime no but when the current admin is deliberately engaging in intimidation tactics against immigrants and visa holders having the CBP be more aggressive in enforcement makes perfect sense.
And you don’t need high numbers to produce a chilling effect you just target the right people and let others see: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/hasan-piker-twitch-questioned-trump-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E5DA8379-D08D-4116-9F70-6675E787306C https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/hasan-piker-t...